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by Greg Downing on Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:32 am
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Greg Downing
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THOUGHTS ON THE WORKSHOPS FORUM:


It has come to our realization that the Workshops and Events Forum may not be within the spirit of "membership" when it comes to freely sharing information and being active members of the community. It has become more of a one stop promotional engine for many of those doing workshops - but with little to no other involvement in the website or contributions to the community. We have had many instances, especially in the last year, where someone signs up for membership solely to advertise their workshops in this forum. While this is currently allowed we are not sure that it is productive or beneficial to the overall spirit of the forums. Because of this trend, and given the cost of membership as compared to the cost of the average workshop, we are reconsidering the use of this forum. We may restructure it or abolish the forum altogether at some point in the near future...If we do abolish the forum we will create another vehicle for which to allow people to advertise their workshops on a more structured basis, just not within the forum structure.

If you have any questions of comments please feel free to post them here or contact me directly at greg@naturescapes.net. :)
Greg Downing
Publisher, NatureScapes.Net
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